Food Systems Marketing & Communications

Grapevine serves statewide local food campaigns, food-as-medicine programs, farm-to-school programs, food councils, food charters, partner-based food initiatives, and others.

Reach Stakeholders & Drive Engagement

The Grapevine team is made up of passionate professionals with deep experience in non-profit and government food projects. We can help with communication strategy, marketing planning, writing, advertising, email and SMS marketing, graphic design, Google marketing, social media, marketing metrics, and more.

If you’re a food hub or other entity selling products directly online, the Websites and Marketing pages under Farms & Retail have info tailored to those needs.

Pricing for Food Systems Projects

Typical budgets for food systems projects range from $10,000 to $100,000+ depending on project needs, goals, geographic reach, and timespan. We'll recommend the highest-ROI tactics to achieve your program goals within your available budget, and work together to determine the best use of your funds.

The first step is to schedule a call. We’ll answer your questions, discuss your needs, talk through strategy, and provide prices specific to your project request.

What Our Clients Say

“You have such an amazing wealth of knowledge and are such a tremendous resource for the Local Food Network. You knew what we needed before we even knew ourselves, and you set up our marketing systems in a way that made it easy for us to learn to do the work ourselves. You've always known what we need and been there for us, and we are most grateful. Can't thank you enough.”
— Janet Katz, Northeast Indiana Local Food Network
“During our kick off meeting with all of our partners, your name and Grapevine were dropped quite a few times! Many of our partners have worked with you and spoke very highly of your team's expertise, knowledge and creativity. I think I speak for more than myself that we're looking forward to more projects with you to change the food system in Indiana!”
— Anne Massie, NWI Food Council + Region Roots Food Hub
“This is beyond fantastic. When Jodee, Laura, Michelle and I first kicked around an idea of "redesigning" farm to school in Indiana a few years ago, not ONE of us thought we would be able to do anything measurable on our own... Fast-forward to today and we have this beautiful website and print guide. I am very proud. We are a lucky group of people to have found you”
— Heather Tallman, Indiana Department of Agriculture (Indiana Grown for Schools)
“First of all, I just want to tell you that the [farm-to-school] Buyer's Guide layout is GORGEOUS. You’ve done a fantastic job! Thanks so much for all of the hard work that you and your team put into this – it really shows!”
“The process of building the website with you was so easy and enjoyable.“
— Naima Gardner-Rice, MPH, Indiana Department of Health (Indiana Grown for Schools)
“As a food systems nonprofit in need of marketing support in a variety of complex projects, we connected with Grapevine for their expertise, passion, and insights in food marketing, which always shined through in the planning and execution of their work. …we [always] felt taken care of and were supported from start to finish of our marketing projects, delivering high quality projects on time and budget.”
— Amber Clemetson, Nourish Colorado
"I just spent some time looking through the Harvest of the Month Hub and it is INCREDIBLE! Thank you for all of your fantastic work — we are very excited to see this come to life."
"Thank you from the bottom of my non-tech heart for the help with the toolkit files today! Everything was sent out and the presentation went great."
— Megan Paskey, MPH, MS, Indiana Department of Health (Indiana Grown for Schools)